MATH TEACHER ADDS UP MILES BY JOGGING 2,012 OF THEM

At 1:45 p.m. Monday, Tom Rickling will fulfill the New Year’s resolution he made a year ago. The math teacher at Cathedral Catholic High School had vowed to run 2,012 miles in 2012. That meant jogging 5.5 miles a day or 38.5 miles a week. On Monday he’ll complete his 2,012th mile when he sprints onto campus as students and faculty cheer him on.

Rickling wanted to prove to his students that you can accomplish your goals. He also wanted to honor his father and mother by raising money ($8,210 so far) for two health-related charities, involving cancer and Parkinson’s disease.

The twelves don’t stop there. Kimberly weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. (which adds up to 12), and her head measured 12 inches in diameter. But wait. There’s more. She arrived on the birthday of her father, Juan Del Moral. He, too, was born on Dec. 12.

A fitting tribute: Friends of TV writer Reinhold Weege, ﻿a “Barney Miller” producer and creator of the 1980s sitcom “Nightcourt,” used to “hold court,” so the speak, in Donovan’s lounge in UTC on Thursday evenings. So it was only natural that a few of his friends this week gathered there, where they had first met, to reminisce and bid a fond farewell to Weege. He died Dec. 1 at his La Jolla home just days before his 63rd birthday. His memorial will be Sunday at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Weege, who owned Starry Nights Production company, had talked about moving back to Los Angeles where he still has an office at Warner Bros. He had listed his 2.58-acre cliff-top home on La Jolla Farms Road for sale for $27.3 million.

Worth the wait: The co-owners of six local UPS Stores have come up with an entertaining idea. ﻿Through next Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. they are staging puppet and marionette performances for people waiting in line to mail packages at their stores in Chula Vista, La Jolla, Mira Mesa, North Park, Santee and University City — go to

Rather than provide free coffee and doughnuts, like many other UPS Stores, Dennis Stein and Greg Gagnon settled on the puppet performances as a way to support local artists while spreading holiday cheer. Last December, the business partners gave a 25 percent discount on packaging materials to customers who dropped off wool scarves, socks, gloves or toiletries for the homeless.

Santa at your service: It’s not your most popular vacation destination, so why did Rancho Santa Fe philanthropists Gary and Maggie Bobileff leave with Richard Rovsek for Afghanistan last weekend? The trio was escorting an unusual visitor for the troops — jolly old St. Nick dressed in an Army camouflage Santa suit with white furry trim. The San Diegans decided to personally deliver cards, gifts and letters from local children at various military destinations.

Surprise performance: Seems playwright and pianist Hershey Felder is also an artist in the kitchen. He prepared a feast for dinner party guests at Dan and Phyllis Epstein’s home Saturday evening, then gave a concert.

At one point, some attendees urged UC San Diego associate vice chancellor and academician Mary Walshok to take the mike. To the surprise of many, she did, crooning George Gershwin’s “The Man I Love.” Turns out, Walshok sang with a dance band years ago.